Cozumel diving today

[ColoDale]

Fourth day diving.
First dive was Palancar Gardens. Water temps same. Visibility same as days before. Overcast and light rain. Seas flat. Slow to non-existent current. 66 minutes dive time. We arrived at Palancar and were the only boat out in the area. There were a few larger lionfish that were speared. I found a nice juvenile spotted drum (photo below). We ended the dive by going to the sand flats to look for batfish or seahorses or anything out of the ordinary but were disappointed. Both dives in Gardens and Horseshoe are silted up a bit.

SI on the boat.

Second dive was La Francesa. Water temps and visibility same. Overcast and seas flat. Slow current. 75 minutes dive time. The reef looked very healthy. Raul spotted a highhat which I haven't seen for awhile. There was a really nice green turtle that came by on the flats to the west of the reef but I was a liitle late in the swim out and got only dark shots as it was going south. There were a couple of very small lionfish that were speared and fed to the fish.

Many of the fish today were giving nice profile shots and let me get closer.

Mosquitoes thick again.

My wife and I, Raul and his wife and our firend Louisa went to dinner at Guidos and as usual, did not disappoint. We made a reservation on Monday for 5 pm but the curfew was changed to 9 pm today. Everyone eats outside (undercover) and they have the tables separated. Since it rained and was overcast, it was not hot in that seating area. They offer a 15% discount for cash.

Highhat

Giant hermit crab

Stoplight parrotfish

Yellow stingray

Whitespotted filefish - orange phase. It's partner had just the white spots.

Juvenile drum

 

[Ministryofgiraffes]

Love the filefish. Seeing a lot of them at the moment. How were the mosquitos at guidos? Was it busy/? Santa Rosa was in great condition today. We are diving the wreck tomorrow AM.

 

[scubaNYC16]

Super jealous. Diving and no cruise ships!

 

[ColoDale]

Love the filefish. Seeing a lot of them at the moment. How were the mosquitos at guidos? Was it busy/? Santa Rosa was in great condition today. We are diving the wreck tomorrow AM.

The mosquitoes at Guidos were not a problem and it was not busy. We made reservations two days before with the knowledge that the curfew was 7 pm. The day of our dinner, it was extended to 9 pm. I expect business to pick up with later hours. We dove the wreck today and may have been the boat next to yours as you were exiting the water.

 

[ColoDale]

Super jealous. Diving and no cruise ships!

We talked about trying to dive the cruise ship piers but we are not sure if we can.

 

[horn34]

Adventure Dive with Aldora today. Sharks, eagle rays, dolphins and 15+ lion fish caught for ceviche. Plus we got to watch the croc capture by the ferry pier to end the day.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

did you say, "croc capture"?

 

[Ministryofgiraffes]

The mosquitoes at Guidos were not a problem and it was not busy. We made reservations two days before with the knowledge that the curfew was 7 pm. The day of our dinner, it was extended to 9 pm. I expect business to pick up with later hours. We dove the wreck today and may have been the boat next to yours as you were exiting the water.

yes. I think that was us

 

[Ministryofgiraffes]

We then dove the shallow reef close by. It was not in good condition. The DM said he thinks it’s because of the dolphin experience place. The runoff is killing the reef, he suspects.

 

[mediumone]

We then dove the shallow reef close by. It was not in good condition. The DM said he thinks it’s because of the dolphin experience place. The runoff is killing the reef, he suspects.

To say nothing of what's happening to the dolphins.